Should the federal government elect or abolish the Senate?

Keep the senate mostly as is but allow the government to bypass the senate if a bill doesn’t pass within a year

Abolish but create two new sector of the government for provincial and territory representation and the other to look over the bills to give the senate less power.

Every province gets 10 senators, appointed by the provincial legislature. That way then the electorate changes it's will at a provincial election they can change the makeup of the federal government.

elect or abolish don't keep it as is

There should be election and terms set for the length of time they can be in the senate

elect or abolish don't keep the status quo

Elect with time limits for how long you can stay in the senate

Elect by provincial legislatures

I am the Senate!

The people of Canada should elect senators not the federal government, and especially not the government in power.

Elect, and make the appointment of senators correspond to the proportion of the popular vote for each party.

Far too tricky to answer as a singular person. Lots of potential for good and bad can come from it. non-partisan is impossible. Corruption will find its own way. Maybe focusing on a way to greater punish the corruption.

Abolish the Senate as it presently exists and eliminate ALL pensions to senators. The senate should be a regionally elected body similar to the US in that all provinces and territories get two senators, regardless of population. In addition, those running for election must get 50.1% of the entire vote in order to be elected. Multiple parties and candidates may necessitate run off elections whereby candidate receiving less than a threshold number of votes; say 15%, 20 or 25% are eliminated from the next round. Same goes for electing the rats that are presently seated. They must achieve…  Read more 50.1% or more in the first or a subsequent run-off election to win the seat. The crime sinister must be an independent part of the government, much like the US president. He or she can create or veto legislation and is held in check by the lower house (MPs) and upper house (senate). No more appointments and get rid of EVERY senator NOW and rebuild.

The entire government should be reorganized into a Constitutional Republic with an elected head of state, elected MPs, and senators who serve 6 year terms, 33% of whom are up for election every 2 years.

I think the senate is still necessary, just in case but we do need to have more strict rules for them so people actually show up and aren’t just using it for money because it’s costing Canada a lot.

The people should elect the Senators, just as they elect the representatives. The government should reflect and serve the will of the people.

Add more seats to the West

Leave as is but promote outstanding Canadians rather than political partisans

I don't have enough knowledge about this

Abolish the Senate. The senate has no place in the government as they are not elected. It is wrong to have had picked appointed Senate. If the Senate has to exist the public should vote them in.

Abolish, and replace it with a Canadian House of Lords with customs and traditions based on the British House of Lords, and with members appointed solely based on significant, non-partisan contribution to society.

by nomination but require members to be non-partisan. Increase the power of veto regarding laws pass by the house of commons. Increase the powers of the senate to approve the nomination of department commissioners, military officers, ambassadors and federal judges.

Have an independent Senate review board which helps appoint Independent Senators of all stripes to help give input on public policy.

They should reform the senate

Transfer appointments to the provincial legislatures, equalize the number of senators per province, and impose a staggered terms of eight years

let the people elect the senate

Elect by proportional representation and number of seats proportional to provincial population size.

Canada is a Parliamentary Monarchy of United Kingdom and Senators are appointed by the Governor General who is the Head of State or King s Representative, at the suggestion of the Prime Minister.

Provinces should elect 2 senators each during the federal election.

Reform the Senate body and implement limitations on age, tenure and salary. No pension.

The population should elect the Senate

Keep the Senate appointed, but have qualifications for the candidates.

The Senate should be appointed at the Provincial Level

Abolish and create a system that borrows from the American System

I certainly like the idea that Senators should be non-partisan. I am rather neutral on whether Senators should be elected or not, but I do definitely think that there should be stricter standards one way or another to determine who gets to sit in the Senate.

Not enough info to decide.

citizens should elect the senate, not the federal government.

Elect, by the people of each individual province that they are suppose to be equally representing during an election.

The senate should be reformed so that the appointment process is more restrictive, that way only qualified individuals can be senators

Senators should be elected by the Canadian population and NOT any federal party. Otherwise they are just lackeys to the party that selected them

i’m so uneducated in this area of convo it’s not even funny

Should be random like jury to get more of average Canadian and not just charismatic Canadians

Elect and revise powers and perhaps move to a more republican model of government

Have the voters of each province elect their own senators!

Appoint non partisan senators from an all party nomination committee

Use PR to determine the make up and allow parties to appoint based on those numbers.

Appointed by provinces for term of the provincial government and with minimal education in certain fields.

Proportional represention based on percentage of part votes nationwide

Appointed by a separate body

Public should vote

Allow the public to elect senators

Indifferent, there's corruption everywhere anyway. It's corruption that needs to be abolished.

Elect, Change the amount of time they stay on the senate

The Senate should be replaced with representatives from First Nations across Canada. Any Bill approved by the house of Commons would surely be looked over with scrutiny by our first Nations people.

Abolish current structure and come up with a new one --

Elect, and also establish a First Nations senate.

Senators should be interviewed like any job, and required to be non-partisan.

Elect, elected officials are less prone to corruption and we need to know all of our officials.

The senate should be elected by the public

Triple e senate elected, equal (same number of senators for each province) and efficient

The system should switch to mirror the true democratic system like in Switzerland.

The Canadian senate is appointed, has always been appointed, and should stay appointed

Reinforce the non-partisan nature of the senate and perhaps elect.

We should abolish government period.

Reform to include First Nation leaders. Appoint other Senators from non-partisan committee including executives from the Provinces they are chosen to represent

Senators should be appointed by a non-partisan committee of the House of Commons.

Elect, however Senators should not be elected for life

Elect, we need to know our Senators and people who are elected will be less prone to corruption

elect but for longer terms than parliament - want them to take the longer view

Reduce wages , any corruption and they are removed with no payment And no pension.

Impartial.

Elect and reapportion the seats so that each province has an equal number.

Provinces should elect senate.

Elect but reduce their salary.

he/she should be an option in the election

Either make it an elected and independent upper legislative body which requires its members to run as independents, or abolish it entirely

Elect, we need to know our Senators and electeds are less prone to corruption

I dont understand the question

Reconfigure it. 3 senators per province, 1 for each territory total 33 vice 98 and elected by provincial electors.

Elect, because not everyone knows their Senators and elected people are less prone to corruption.

Allow public senate elections

Have the people elect the senate

Reform the senate!

Require all members to be non-partisan, and if they're not, get them out of office

Abolish, provided that an alternative would make it so that a single party in parliament does not get too much power.

Let the provincial government and federal decide

People should elect

Abolish, and make it the chamber for the First Nations Assembly

The Senate should be elected by the citizens

Elect, but if caught committing a crime they should recieve a mandatory minimum 10 year prison sentence.

The People should elect the Senate not Parliment

Each province should have 10 senators appointed by their Legislatures for 10 year terms with one term ending each year.

Neither. Instead, the role of the Senate should be expanded, in efforts to push Canada into becoming a Republic, and abolishing the Monarchy.

Elect, the senate has the potential to reflect the needs of the different regions of our country, but will be ultimately ineffective if the senators are not held accountable.

Re-distribute allocation of seats to account for Western population numbers.

the people should vote on the senate if the senate is for the people the people should vote on them

Make it hereditary and fill it with first Nations leaders

Abolish and form the first galactic empire!!! For a safer and secure society!! *applause*

Abolish, and replace with a House of Nationalities that guarantees representation to all of the nations within Canada